Researchers argue the stand-alone device, aimed at US law enforcement, could present a security risk if it ends up in the wrong hands A device produced by a small, secretive US company called Grayshift may be capable of unlocking the Read More …
You have always been warned not to share remote access to your computer with untrusted people for any reason—it’s a basic cybersecurity advice, and common sense, right? But what if, I say you should not even trust anyone who invites Read More …
MD has finally acknowledged 13 critical vulnerabilities, and exploitable backdoors in its Ryzen and EPYC processors disclosed earlier this month by Israel-based CTS Labs and promised to roll out firmware patches for millions of affected devices ‘in the coming weeks.’ Read More …
The UK’s police forces have spent more than £1.3 million in the last three years training its staff on cybersecurity issues. The figures, contained in a new report released by the Parliament Street Think Tank, show that almost 40,000 staff have Read More …
Chicago-based online travel booking company Orbitz, a subsidiary of Expedia, reveals that one of its old websites has been hacked, exposing nearly 880,000 payment card numbers of the people who made purchases online. The data breach incident, which was detected Read More …
Controversial data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica has been hit with an emergency data seizure order in England following an extraordinary series of events Monday night that revolved around a TV undercover expose. Following a day in which the company became Read More …
Millions of National Lottery players have been urged to change their passwords following what parent company Camelot describes as “suspicious activity” involving lottery accounts. Camelot, which runs the National Lottery, insists there’s been no access to core systems or databases Read More …
Facebook on Sunday faced a backlash about how it protects user data, as American and British lawmakers demanded that it explain how a political data firm with links to President Trump’s 2016 campaign was able to harvest private information from Read More …
Microsoft has just released its annual cybersecurity report and it says that phishing is still the most popular way for cyber-criminals to attack, giving security experts everywhere headaches. To create the report, Microsoft scanned more than 400 billion emails, 450 billion authentications Read More …
The White House has introduced a new round of sanctions on Russia, accusing the government of launching “the most destructive and costly cyberattack in history.” In a statement, the US Treasury said it has targeted 19 individuals and five entities for Read More …